Warrior for Swaraj

The Class War

Being a Muslim student in the playground

The Hindu Way of Writing

Both scholarly and simple in his argument, Shashi Tharoor celebrates Indian syncretism

Forever Frankenstein

Two hundred years after Mary Shelly’s monster, man still plays god

Family Trivia

An ordinary life insufficiently remembered

Enchanted Canvas

A masterly tribute to a cult Gond artist

By the People

An affirmation of the link between universal adult franchise and the depth of Indian democracy

Mumbai Notebook

Leonardo da Vinci: The Science of Genius

Humanising the mystique of Leonardo da Vinci

The Feast of the Goat

The new Perumal Murugan in translation highlights the primordial kinship of the countryside